The Quiet Shelf

About The Quiet Shelf

As the first hard frost settles over Alderly, a man is found dead behind the bolted door of Finch & Company Books — and a torn page in the bookshop owner's own handwriting has been left exactly where it's certain to be found. Lionel Finch is Megan Ridley's mentor, her sparring partner over semicolons and small talk, and one of the few people who ever made this town feel like home; now he's the obvious suspect in a crime that seems impossible. Trusting the wrong person can cost everything — as the novel Megan can't stop thinking about keeps reminding her. To clear a friend, she'll have to look directly at the one thing she least wants to see. Atmospheric, tightly plotted, and quietly moving, this fourth Megan Ridley mystery is a locked-room puzzle wrapped in the warmth of a town worth fighting for